Originally Posted by regomar
Loot: Uniques are worthless. Blue items are often better then them. The entire game is designed to force you to use the auction house (which I'm sure is why Blizzard is monetizing it with real money) The vast majority of loot you get is for many levels below you, literally forcing you to the auction house in higher difficulties if you want any chance of surviving. This is clearly by design.

Bosses: After the first kill on only the first difficulty, bosses drop worse loot than basic mobs. Awful.